Local survival, natal dispersal, and recruitment in Little Egrets Egretta garzetta

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 216-227

  Hafner, Heinz ^a   Kayser, Yves ^a   Boy, Vincent ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^b   Julliard, Anne Caroline ^c   Pradel, Roger ^c   Cézilly, Frank ^d  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; PHILOPATRY; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

CAMARGUE; FRANCE;

EGRETTA GARZETTA;

EID: 0031659460     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677103     Document Type: Article

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